I want to be in drag

Bikes, that is:

prompted by watching this mornings top fuel drag bike championships from
Alastaro, Finland (1) on Channel 5.

1000 hp, 6.8 sec's to the 1/4 mile (2) and a terminal velocity of around 180
mph.

Tuned TL 1000's and Higherabusers seem to be favourites, I noticed.

Oh, and it was wet as ****. Much use of stutter boxen (3) apparently.

1. Anyone been, seen it, or even had a go ?
2. So that's 0-60 mph in ?
3. Whatever they are.

 

You'll have to shout louder than that. He can't hear you.[1]

[1] That's what *he* says, anyway.

 

Am only quotin' the girly on the tv, maybe it had two, twin engines.

Heh. Good point.

One for the mental database.

 

That's one of the things I noticed. I've seen a little drag bike on tv before,
but never really watched properly, they were pretty much on the edge of losing
it, alot of the time.

I bet. I assume nitrous is not allowed on rwyb.

I'd love to try it, on a fast bike.

 

Phuck off and die?

 

You can always double 'em up.

http://www.mci.i12.com/mci/features/hogs/hogslayer.htm

Apparently Tom Christenson is currently building a triple engined model

 

Been and seen it, around '89-'91 I wuz quite the fan. The bikes are fun,
but the Top Fuel Dragster make you go "Holy fucking shit", but only after
your ears have repaired themselves, and your body has stopped vibrating.

 

Klaatu wrote

Dunno but I do recall hearing a few years ago that the top fuel cages
hit over 100mph in about two car lengths, which is 50 feet.

 

Twin engine, big bore Harleys were the *thing* when I last went (Marion
Owens) & there was an Aussie(?) guy who had cut a 5.something litre
v.twin from an old aero radial engine but didn't have anyone else to
race in his particular class.

Seen plenty. Would rather watch than have a go - can be rather
expensive as well, not counting binning it or blowing an engine - read
somewhere recently that the Harley riders are now wearing Kevlar flak
jackets in case the engine *throws a rod* =8-O

 

I'm learning !

One day, maybe one day.

 

Mmmm, surprisingly tough, I hear. Mined ewe, the septics have been
tuning the **** out of HD twins since time began... 7-second Harley,
anyone?

....now "Shakespeare County Raceway" which amuses me, anyway.


[sneep]

Quite...

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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

Hasn't deterred some of the ProStock/ProMod crowd...

/Almost/ spot on -- Super-Gas class, initially (9.90 sec index) and
latterly the mad, bad world of Pro-Modified (open-class nuttery).

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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

Nitrous-Oxide? Perfectly legit, old bean. RWYB is pretty much always
open to anyone with a licence (road) with a machine that will pass
scrutineering, i.e. not dangerous.

Nitro-Methane, otoh, is a different substance [1] and entirely
unsuitable to use outside of Top Fuel/Funny classes.

Methanol, however, is very safe stuff.

There is an old and very tired adage from the world of drag-racing;

"Gas[2] is for washing parts,
Alcohol's for drinking,
Nitro's for racing!"

It used to be on t-shirts everywhere in the 70's and 80's and prolly
before that, too. Note that "Nitro's" is a contraction of "Nitro-
methane is" and not to be confused with "Nitrous", the commonly used
expression referring to "Nitrous-Oxide".

HTH.

[1] An explosive, in fact. Here:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question642.htm
[2] In the Murrican sense.
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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

It's not that nasty.

It's not you know. Burns with a hard to spot flame, and nasty if
absorbed through the skin.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Muck

Muck, I would, with respect, suggest that Wik knows a lot more about
this than you.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Bear says...

I fucked the clutch in my GSX750EFE at a 'Run what ya brung' at Santa
Pod one weekend over 15 runs.

The next month I went again, and fucked the whole engine.

I gave up on girlie drag racing after that.

 

Ok, I know quite a lot about it too. From running model engines on the
stuff for the last 20+ years.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Muck

Er. Yes. Me too, 30+ in my case.

And Wik still knows lots more both of us.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

But can he confirm that prolonged use of mothballs will damage an
engine?

 

Actually, that's my home county and I used to go to "disco's" there when it was
still run and owned by the MOD.